Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 May 1999 16:58:18 +0300 (EEST) | From | "A. Wik" <> | Subject | Re: VFAT rename |
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On Sun, 16 May 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:
> > > On Fri, 14 May 1999, A. Wik wrote: > > > It's impossible to rename a file on a VFAT filesystem if > > the only difference between the old and new names is case > > (eg. longfilename and LongFilename). The operation is > > cancelled in fs/namei.c because the lookups return the > > same dentry for both names. What would be the most > > reasonable way to fix this? > > Get a time machine and go into '89. Then bring a clue to POSIX authors. > In other words: it's POSIX-mandated behaviour. Bogus, but required. > It's a feature. That is, an idiotic bug in standard. Nothing to do here.
Surely, it can be fixed - how about a mount-option to enable to enable the fix?
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